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Chilean Future Funk Producer Marvin Marlyn Drops “Feeling Hot” EP

Dominican electronic label Stereoptico just released their latest EP by one of the crew’s most polished creations: Marvin Marlyn. Marvin has been described as “modern music with an old school feel,” which …

‘New Yorker’ Mag Remembers Ayotzinapa’s Missing Students in Short Film

It may seem like tensions have subsided since the height of the massive social unrest that exploded throughout Mexico last fall, but looks are often deceiving. From October through December, the cause …

15 Ways to Remember and Honor Selena Quintanilla

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Selena Quintanilla's murder at the hands of Yolanda Saldivar. It's hard to believe two decades have passed; in many ways, the pioneering Tex-Mex singer continues to …

Singer-turned-TV personality Adrienne Bailon hasn't really performed since 2009, when she released a debut solo album I'd never heard of until I wiki'd her today. But this morning she ended her singing hiatus to perform a …

Cuba’s Daymé Arocena Takes us to Church on “The Havana Cultura Sessions” EP

One of the latest surprises we received in our inbox was a beautiful dub-inflected Yoruba prayer called "Madres," signed by a young and talented Cuban artist called Daymé Arocena. Gilles Peterson himself …

Cuban-American Animator Ryan Gillis on Taking His Short Film To Sundance and SXSW

The bayou comes alive in this dark and twisted tale of environmental justice by Florida-reared animator Ryan Gillis Lizama. Palm Rot, this week’s animated short, has screened at such prestigious festivals as …

Los Frikis: The Cuban Punk Kids Who Gave Themselves HIV as an Act of Rebellion

At its core, music is energy expended, energy created and energy harnessed. And that power to excite carries on a different meaning to people who are oppressed in autocratic regimes. From the Beatles effect on the …

LSDXOXO’s “Sacanagem” is Mixtape for Crying and Getting Weird in the Club

Philly-based, Dominican-rooted producer LSDXOXO dropped his Sacanagem mixtape last week, a 13-track tape that whose sound he's self-described as "crying in the club"– inviting us back to the notion of the club as a …